Construction-element extension hanger



Feb. 17, 1931 V s, HAP|N 1,792,815

CONSTRUCTION ELEMENT EXTENSION HANGER Filed April 30. 1950 I N V EN TOR.

A TTORNEYS Patented Feb. 17, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HAROLD S. OHAPIN, WAElWATOSA, WISCUNS EN, ASSIGN 'OR Tb S. M. SIESEL 00.; O? MILX/VAUKEE, WISCONEIN, .AKCORP OBATION 0F WISCONSIN CONST UCTION- LEMENT EXTENSION HANGER Application filed April 30,

vention to provide a construction element ex- I tension hanger which will elongate the ele- -1o ment, or permit adjustability in its length so 1 that its end portion may be suitably supported on a fixed, positively located; ledge or the like.

. V A. further object of the invention is to pro.

' vide an extension hanger for joists and the 15 like which will provide a positive support for an end of the joist Where the supporting member for the joist end is positioned on a level above thebottom of the joist.

, A further object of the invention is to provide a construction element extension hanger which, when applied to the element, will readily permit the correct support of the element end portion where the supporting member therefor is rather inaccessible due to the fact of its being located on a level with the top of the element and the space above the support ing surface being very limited. i

A further object of the invention istoprovide an extension hangerv of the class described which may be'very quickly and readily applied'to a timber or joist and properly adjusted with respect thereto and its support, during construction ,work.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction element extension hanger which. is inexpensive to manufacture and apply, which is of very simple construction, is strong and durable, andiswell adapted for 4 the purposes described. I

With the above and other objects in viewthe invention consists of the improved con-. struction element extension hanger, and its parts and combinations as set forth in the claims, and all equivalents thereof.

In the accompanying drawing in which the a same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the views:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary perspectivev view showing the improved extension hanger an 1930. Serial No. 448,530.

plied to an end ingasupport; i, i v v i Fig. 2 is a side view of the extension hanger; w

Fig. 3 is aplan view'thereof; i I i r i Fig. 4 is an end view of the hanger Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 2; and r Fig.v 6 is a fragmentary perspective view showingthe hanger applied to the end portion of a joist with an auxiliary element added to the hanger to properly engage a support I which is practically ona level with the top of the joist.

Referring now more particularly to the:

drawing, it will be seen that the'construction element extension hanger, illustrated in detail in Figs. 2,3, 4 and 5, comprises a pair of elongated, spaced apart, parallel, flatsided bars 8, preferably formed of metal. -Medial portions of the outer faces of said bars are secured to upper portions of the side arms of a U-shaped hanger 9, which hanger depends from the spaced apart bars 8. 'One pair of end portions of the bars 8 arejoine'd by a partially enveloping, inverted U-shaped clip 10 secured thereto, while the other end portions of the bars 8 have secured'thereabout a rectangular collar 11. v v

A joist, elongated timber, or other similar. construction element is indicate d'by the nu portion of a joist an ga meral 12 and in certain types of construction 7 work an elevatedelement of this type is extended at right angles to a fixed support-13, which fixed support isadapted to supporting ly engage one end portion of the joist or element 12. The location, elevation and disposition of the support 13 is usually determined by other considerations in the construction work and the problem is to provide an engage 'ment between an end portio'nof the joist or "element 12 and the support 13 without afiecting the proper level of the element 12. Also, in many instances it happens that the joist or element 12 is not sufficiently long to directly rest and seat on the support 13. In many instances the support 13 is so disposed that the, end portion of the joist to be supported thereby may be rested directly onthe support 13. finwev nin the exam le Shown 111 31g.

1 the support 13 is so disposed that the supporting surface of the ledge 14 carried thereby is on a level above that of the lower surface of the joist or element 12. Therefore, to effect a support for the end portion of the element 12, where the support 13 and ledge 14 are located and disposed as described, and without affecting the proper level of the joist or element 12 the improved extension hanger is applied thereto. As shown, the end por tion of the element 12 is embraced between the opposed side bars 8 of the hanger and the element end portion seats on and is supported by the U-shaped hanger member 9.

The inverted U-sha-ped clip 10 carried by one pair of end portions of the side bars 8 extends over and around the upper edge of the element 12 so that the end portion of the element 12 is firmly engaged by the device, and its lower edge portion seating in the hanger 9 and having its upper edge portion engaged by the transverse portion of the clip 10. It will be observed that the end portion of the joist or element 12 terminates short of the ledge 1d and support 13. The extension hanger device is so adjusted with respect to the end portion of the element 12 that the end portions of said side bars 8, carrying the enclosing collar 11, rest directly on the ledge 14, as shown, and said ledge is designed to be of a height so as to support the end portions of the side bars 8 and the enclosing collar 11 in a. manner so that the proper lever of the element 12, engaged by the hanger device, is preserved.

In many instances in construction work it will be found that the support for the end portion of the joist or construction element or the hanger device applied thereto is elevated so that its upper supporting surface is practically on a level with the upper surface of the joist or construction element. Also, in such instances or in other instances the space above the supporting surface of the support may be so limited that there is not sufficient room to insert the end portions of the side bars 8 of the hanger device. An arrangement of this character is illustrated in Fig. 6, wherein the support 13 is practically on a level with the joist 12. In an arrangement of this kind an auxiliary member is applied to the outer end portion of the bars 8 of the hanger device. The auxiliary device is in the form of a rigid T and is designated generally by the numeral 15 in Fig. 6.

Said T-member includes a relatively thin elongated strip 16 and secured to the top surface of the inner end of the strip 16 transversely thereto is a relatively thin head member 17. Said T-member 15 is inserted between the outer end portions of the side bars 8 of the hanger device and passes below the top surface of the collar 11. The head por tion 17 rests on the top surface of the bars 8 transversely thereof and abuts against the collar 11 while the projecting end portion of the strip 16 is seated on the supporting surface of the support 13 for supporting purposes. The other portions of the hanger de vice engage the end portion of the joist or construction element 12 in the manner previously described.

The improved extension hanger when applied to the end portion of a joist or elongated timber permits extension sufficiently far so as to supportingly engage a fixed support. Furthermore, in the instances specifically described where the location of the support is such that it is not on the proper level to directly receive the under-surface of the end portion of the joist, by the application of the extension hanger, a support for the end portion of the joist, so as to preserve the proper level and disposition of the same, may be readily and quickly effected. The improved extension hanger is also relatively inexpensive to manufacture and install, is of simple construction and is well adapted for the purposes set forth.

lVhat I claim as my invention is:

1. A construction element hanger, comprising a pair of spaced side members to receive therebetween a portion of a construction element, a stirrup rigidly depended from said side members intermediate their ends for the seating thereon of a portion of the construction element, and a strip extending between and connecting the upper portions of said side members spacedly from the stirrup for engaging an upper portion of the construction element.

2. A construction element hanger, comprising a pair of relatively narrow, plane surfaced parallel, spaced side bars, said bars having a medial, U-shaped portion depending considerably below the lower edges of said bars, and a transverse member joining the upper portions of said bars adjacent one pair of ends thereof.

3. A construction element hanger, comprising a pair of elongated, plane surfaced parallel, spaced side bars, a lower transverse strip joining medial lower portions of said bars, and an upper transverse strip joining upper end portions of the bars.

41. A construction element hanger, comprising a pair of elongated, parallel, spaced side bars, a lower transverse strip between medial lower portions of said bars, and an upper transverse strip rigidly joining each pair of end portions of the bars.

5. A construction element hanger, comprising a pair of elongated, parallel, spaced side bars, a lower transverse strip between medial lower portions of said bars, an upper transverse strip between each pair of end portions of the bars, and a T-shaped extension member reinovably inserted between the upper portions of one pair of end portions of said bars and extending between.

the same beyond their extremities and having an inner portion straddling the upper portions of said bars.

6. A construction element hanger, comprising a pair of relatively narrow, parallel, spaced side bars, a stirrup ri idly depended from said bars intermediate their ends, a transverse strip secured transversely across the top portions of each pair of ends of said bars, and a T-shaped extension member having an elongated arm and a transverse head removably inserted between the upper portions of one pair of end portions of said bars with its arm underlying the transverse strip and extending beyond the extremities of said bars and having its transverse head straddling upper portions of said bars and resting thereon.

7. In combination, an elongated construction element of rectangular form in crosssection, a support at .right angles to said element and spaced a substantial distance from an end thereof, and a hanger embracing said end portion of the element and engaging substantially spaced apart top and bottom portions thereof and projecting longitudinally beyond said element end portion, 7

thelongitudinally projecting portion of said hanger resting on said support.

8. In combination, an elongated elevated joist, a fixed support'at right angles to said joist and spaced a substantial distance from one end thereof and having its supporting surface on a level above that of the lowerv surface of the joist, and a longitudinally adjust-able hanger embracing a substantial length of said end portion of said joist and having spaced-apart upper and lower translongitudinally adjustable extension hanger mounted on said end portion of the joist and projecting longitudinally of the same, said hanger comprising a pair of elongated side bars extending on opposite sides of the joist, a stirrup depended from medial portions of the bars and engaging'a lower portion of the joist, a transverse upper strip across the in nertop portion of the bars and engaging a top portion of the joist, a transverse upper strip across the outer top portions of the bars, and a T-member having its head straddling outer top portions of said bars and having its armextended between said bars below the last-mentioned upper transverse strip and resting on said support.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

HAROLD S. CHAPIN.

verse portions engaging respectively. spaced.

upper and lower portions of the joist, said hanger having a longitudinally projecting outer end portion of less height than said joist and resting on said supporting surface.

9. In combination, an elongated elevated joist, a fixed support at right angles to said joist and spaced from one end thereof and having its supporting surface on a level above that of the lower surface of the joist, and a longitudinally adjustable extension hanger mounted on said end portion of the joist and projecting longitudinally of'the same and seating on said supporting surface, said extension hanger comprising a pair of elongated side bars extending longitudinally on opposite sides of the joist, a stirrup depended from medial portions of the bars and having the joist seat thereon, and a 'transverse upper strip inwardly of the stirrup spanning said side bars and engaging a top portion of the joist.

10. In combination, an elongated elevated joist, a fixed support at right angles to said joist and spaced from one end thereof and having its supporting surface on a level above that of the lower. surface of the joist, and a 

